Eastern Europe vs Saudi Arabia: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock

Eastern Europe
7.27 %LSU
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
37.95 %LSU
in 2023
Eastern Europe rank
21st
Saudi Arabia rank
19th

Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock over time

  • Eastern Europe
  • Saudi Arabia
0204060196119922023

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 37.95 %LSU against 7.27 %LSU in Eastern Europe, a difference of 30.68 %LSU.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 5.2 times Eastern Europe's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.

Eastern Europe ranks 21st and Saudi Arabia ranks 19th of 31 groups.

Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Europe Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1960s 14.46 %LSU 56.21 %LSU 41.75 %LSU Saudi Arabia
1970s 12.83 %LSU 47.71 %LSU 34.88 %LSU Saudi Arabia
1980s 12.11 %LSU 46.96 %LSU 34.86 %LSU Saudi Arabia
1990s 7.54 %LSU 44.02 %LSU 36.48 %LSU Saudi Arabia
2000s 5.9 %LSU 40.23 %LSU 34.33 %LSU Saudi Arabia
2010s 7.62 %LSU 34.89 %LSU 27.27 %LSU Saudi Arabia
2020s 7.36 %LSU 39.33 %LSU 31.97 %LSU Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — share in total livestock, Eastern Europe or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 37.95 %LSU against 7.27 %LSU in Eastern Europe as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — share in total livestock between Eastern Europe and Saudi Arabia?
30.68 %LSU, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Europe and Saudi Arabia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Eastern Europe and Saudi Arabia rank globally for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
Eastern Europe ranks 21st and Saudi Arabia ranks 19th of 31 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Eastern Europe vs Saudi Arabia: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/sheep-and-goats-share-in-total-livestock/eastern-europe/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/sheep-and-goats-share-in-total-livestock/eastern-europe/saudi-arabia/">Eastern Europe vs Saudi Arabia: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,567 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.